bsmphilly.com Topics: taylor woodshttp://www.bsmphilly.com/topics/taylor-woods/?utm_medium=RSSbsmphilly.com Topics: taylor woodsen-usWed, 29 Apr 2015 19:31:32 -0500Reaching new heightshttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/apr/29/reaching-new-heights/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><em>Editor's note: Seneca Williams was originally mis-identified as Seneca Wallace in the print version of this story. A correction will print in next week's edition of the Northeast Times.&nbsp;</em></p> <p>For Anthony Fratanduono, walking into Franklin Field for last weekend&rsquo;s Penn Relays was akin to entering the Roman Coliseum. The Archbishop ...Ed MorroneWed, 29 Apr 2015 19:31:32 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2015/apr/29/reaching-new-heights/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSRagdolls’ state playoff run ends in quarterfinalshttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2014/nov/12/ragdolls-state-playoff-run-ends-quarterfinals/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>READING &mdash; Eleven seconds.</p> <p>In real life, not much can happen in 11 seconds; but in a soccer game, it&rsquo;s an eternity, time enough to completely flip a game&rsquo;s momentum and change the course of such a promising season.</p> <p>Eleven seconds was all that was needed to turn a 1-0 ...Ed MorroneWed, 12 Nov 2014 20:33:28 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2014/nov/12/ragdolls-state-playoff-run-ends-quarterfinals/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSVindicated: Ryan scores opening-round state playoff winhttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2014/nov/5/vindicated-ryan-scores-opening-round-state-playoff/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p><em>Oh, no &hellip; here we go again.</em></p> <p>Whether they admit it or not, this had to be the common sentiment racing through the heads of the Archbishop Ryan girls soccer players when their indomitable, nearly flawless goalie made a silly mistake that threatened to derail a season with so much ...Ed MorroneWed, 05 Nov 2014 18:01:53 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2014/nov/5/vindicated-ryan-scores-opening-round-state-playoff/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSMagic number 3http://www.bsmphilly.com/2014/oct/29/magic-number-3/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Standing on the precipice of a three-peat, something the girls soccer program at Archbishop Ryan had never done, the Ragdolls did the only thing they could think of before Sunday afternoon&rsquo;s Catholic League championship game:</p> <p>They prayed.</p> <p>It was a dominant team, one of the most accomplished in school history, ...Ed MorroneWed, 29 Oct 2014 18:22:58 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2014/oct/29/magic-number-3/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSRagdolls armed and dangerous entering 2014http://www.bsmphilly.com/2014/aug/13/ragdolls-armed-and-dangerous-entering-2014/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Despite winning 21 of its 23 games in 2013, what the Archbishop Ryan girls soccer team remembers most about how last season ended is the quiet dejection.</p> <p>The Ragdolls have not forgotten the disappointment or the sour, bitter taste it left in their mouths; in fact, they&rsquo;ve had nine months ...Ed MorroneWed, 13 Aug 2014 19:39:19 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2014/aug/13/ragdolls-armed-and-dangerous-entering-2014/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS'Snakebitten' Ragdolls bounced from state playoffshttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/nov/6/snakebitten-ragdolls-bounced-state-playoffs2222/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Snakebitten.</p> <p>That was the word that Archbishop Ryan head girls soccer coach Ryan Haney used to describe his high-scoring team&rsquo;s feeble offensive effort in Tuesday night&rsquo;s PIAA Class AAA first round state playoff 1-0 loss to Central Bucks East at Northeast High School. The Ragdolls, winners of the Catholic League ...Ed MorroneWed, 06 Nov 2013 19:08:17 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/nov/6/snakebitten-ragdolls-bounced-state-playoffs2222/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSRagdolls crowned champshttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/oct/30/ragdolls-crowned-champs2/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Over the course of a storybook season like this one, there are no singular heroes. In establishing such a standard of excellence, stars reveal themselves on the field of play just as they might when shooting across the night sky.</p> <p>There are many of them, rising up in the most ...Ed MorroneWed, 30 Oct 2013 17:57:09 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/oct/30/ragdolls-crowned-champs2/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSEgenlauf's hat trick pushes Ragdolls to cusp of championshiphttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/oct/25/egenlaufs-hat-trick-pushes-ragdolls-cusp-champ2/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>As a senior on the highly-successful Archbishop Ryan girls soccer team that's lost just one regular season game in the last two years, Briana Egenlauf doesn't have much left to check off her bucket list before graduation.</p> <p>She won a Catholic League championship in 2012 and is on the doorstep ...Ed MorroneFri, 25 Oct 2013 18:53:01 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/oct/25/egenlaufs-hat-trick-pushes-ragdolls-cusp-champ2/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSRagdolls’ reign atop the Catholic League continuinghttp://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/oct/9/ragdolls-reign-atop-catholic-league-continuing2/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>In 2012, the Archbishop Ryan girls soccer team didn&rsquo;t lose its first game of the season until Nov. 6. It was the Ragdolls&rsquo; only blemish of the season, a 1-0 first round state tournament defeat at the hands of Central Bucks West.</p> <p>The win punctuated a 19-1-1 season that saw ...Ed MorroneWed, 09 Oct 2013 17:47:28 -0500http://www.bsmphilly.com/2013/oct/9/ragdolls-reign-atop-catholic-league-continuing2/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS